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More Myths - this time from Education to the Workplace
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| To support my large wife and small family I
| look after various customers' computers and
| networks. Most are small businesses and use
| Microsoft-based operating systems. I have
| often thought about why it's so hard to get
| anyone to even try using Free and Open
| Source Software. For instance, when I
| demonstrate OpenOffice and explain that
| it's MEANT to be free - i.e. it's not
| pirated - and that you are entitled to
| download and install the subsequent updates
| and upgrades for free as well, people often
| agree that it looks like a good deal, glaze
| over, then continue using whatever version
| of MS Office they've bottomed the bank
| overdraft to buy.
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http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10014756o-2000673651b,00.htm
Six office alternatives
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| OpenOffice.org (http://www.openoffice.org)
|
| This has to be the number one alternative
| to Microsoft Office. The open source
| productivity tool includes all of the
| features offered by MS Office but for free.
| Version 3.0 of OpenOffice.org (OOo) was
| released in late 2008 and since then a
| number of update releases have been issued
| to fine tune its features.
|
| OpenOffice.org includes full compatibility
| with documents created in Microsoft Office,
| the biggest stumbling block to switching to
| a new office suite. And the latest version
| of OOo has full compatibility with
| Microsoft's newer .docx format files, those
| created by Office 2007.
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http://mybroadband.co.za/news/Software/10918.html
Microsoft Is Looking for a Linux and Open Office Compete Lead
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| However, this posting definitely means that
| Steve B himself is having some nightmares
| about both Linux and Open Office. Some of
| the job requirements posted on this listing
| are pretty clear about that fact.
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http://techie-buzz.com/featured/microsoft-looking-for-linux-open-office-compete-lead.html
Microsoft Considers OpenOffice.org As A Major Threat To Office Suite
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| Open Office, a free and open source suite
| of office productivity programs, has
| apparently emerged as a potentially lethal
| threat to Microsoftâs flagship Office
| suite, which also faces serious competition
| from web-based Google Docs.
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http://www.itproportal.com/oss/news/article/2010/1/4/microsoft-considers-openofficeorg-major-threat-office-suite/
Recent:
New: OpenOffice.org 3.2.0 Release Candidate 1 (build OOO320_m8) available
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| The next step in the OpenOffice.org 3 series is
| coming closer: OpenOffice.org 3.2.0 Release
| Candidate 1 is now available on the download
| website.
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http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/new_openoffice_org_3_2
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